Up next in 10
Broadway BFFS: Caroline Kane & Morgan Anita Wood
Dec 7, 2024
Caroline Kane and Morgan Anita Wood have made it big onstage, but they've known each other since Broadway was just a dream. Watch in this video as they chat about how they met, what it's like making their debuts at the same time, and take a BFF quiz to find out how well they know each other!
Show More Show Less View Video Transcript
0:00
Hi, I'm Morgan Anita Wood, and I am currently playing Eliza on Broadway in Hamilton, which is crazy
0:08
Hi, I'm Caroline Kane, and I am playing Rosie. I'm an ensemble of Water for Elephants
0:17
We're next door. We are next door neighbors. Yeah, right next to each other
0:23
I'm right there, and she's right there, and we pick each other up at night sometimes
0:27
We surely do in our little stage doorlines. It's pretty magical. Oh, and they were roommates
0:35
We surely were. Yeah, Morgan and I were in the same BFA class, Otterbine University
0:42
And I remember when we first got the notice that we were accepted into the school, I stocked
0:48
everyone's Facebook pages, and I wanted to be Morgan's roommate. So I asked her to be, but I proposed to live together
0:56
And we did. And what's so silly is that. What's so silly is that I remember getting that message from you and thinking, oh no
1:06
because Caroline was so, so stunningly impressive at an audition for a different school that
1:13
we both were at. And I remember recognize you at the Otterbein audition and think, and then
1:17
you reached out to me and were creeping on your Facebook page and thinking, oh, it's that
1:22
person who was the scary dancer. So scary and so good at the thing and just so intimidating
1:29
and then but then we're just goofballs for four years in college yeah all four years
1:33
we live together and our first year living in New York City that's true before you
1:37
went on tour with Hamilton yeah the fact that we lived together in a dorm room for two
1:43
years and then in an apartment for two more years and like it's always just been like
1:48
us too kind of navigating this really tough industry in very different ways but
1:52
together and hearing about like our journeys together and then to be on rock
1:59
which still hasn't sunken in as you can tell, but like next door. Yeah
2:04
Like you leave our stage doors and we could be like, hi! Like I remember walking to work one day for rehearsal
2:08
and you were headed to your show. And I was like this is gonna happen all the time Like that yeah and you one of my favorite people So seeing you on my way to work it like this is insane Yeah Like so cool And the fact that I happened in the same season Yeah
2:22
It's really crazy that I, yeah, we spent four years training next to each other
2:29
working on our craft together, and like getting each other's opinion. Like, your opinion means so much to me
2:36
And so the fact that you got to see me debut and I got to see you debut
2:40
you debut and like right next to each other, it's like a beautiful moment in time that we
2:46
got to like appreciate it and it feels like this is such a silly way
2:52
It's like two dolphins high-fiving in the air like on their way, like coming out of the ocean
2:57
being like yeah and then like you're diving back and down into the ocean
3:01
Because we're both in the trenches of work too, like which is what I didn't necessarily
3:04
think about. But it is kind of wonderfully like it, I don't know, I'm so great for you
3:10
to have someone who's as tired as I am. Yeah. You know what I mean
3:15
And just who understands that, like, this is the coolest thing ever, but it is, it is so exhausting. Mm-hmm. Yeah
3:23
I think every time, if I could just look College Caroline in the eyes and let her know, and let
3:33
them know, let them know that they are every, every. everything and that they will, success is inevitable and that whatever challenges you're
3:48
facing in this environment will not be challenges for you in the real world and the industry
3:55
that will ultimately celebrate you and lift you up in the ways that you deserve more than anyone
4:01
Um, and that this 8 a.m. dance class is kicking our butts, but it's going to be worth
4:07
It's worth the money, honey. Beachfront real estate. Oh, my God. Yeah
4:14
Yeah. Oh, God. Yeah, I think I would give baby Morgan the biggest hug in the world and remind her that she is the star
4:27
Like you are a star and to dig deep and know that all of this hard work because Morgan has been like Someone that been a hustler since day one hustler in the best way that like you have the highest
4:42
standards for yourself the highest standards for the training that you like put yourself into
4:48
putting like all of this work will be worth it and you will be seen and you are seen and that you are seen and loved and appreciated by
4:57
by not just your friends and the people that you love, the people that love you
5:04
but the world is going to see and love you in the biggest way
5:08
And that now you get to step on stage every night and bring joy to so many people
5:14
and all of this freaking work that you're putting in is like it's going to be appreciated
5:21
It's going to come back to tenfold. All right. Welcome to our DFF quiz
5:27
where we see just how well we know each other with a few questions here and we're both quite nervous
5:32
I'm really nervous actually. Okay, so the first question, and we have our answers. Yes
5:39
We wrote down in our notes out. So we can't cheat. The first question, Morgan, is what are some of my dream roles
5:48
Which I don't even really do. I think it's interesting because like you, I don't think you actually ever played this role
5:54
but you did understudy this role and I'd love to see you do it full time. would be Sally Bowles. Correct
6:00
I can't have... You can't prevent it. But I swear that's what's on there
6:06
And I think Morgan's number one dream role is to play Elphaba and Wicked on Broadway
6:12
Am I right? Oh yes, you've been hearing about that bird. 10
6:16
Like, how many years have we known each other? Next one. Okay
6:20
Sweet treat. Oh, okay. I have two for you. I think obviously a bunch of crunch. Yes
6:28
Is yours and now salt and straw is this new thing that you're really into. How? How? How
6:37
Now they have in New York location. Oh. Have you been? Yes, I have
6:41
I have. That's good. It's my favorite ice cream. It amazing Go Upper West Side I wrote out an OG classic for you which is a hybrid You mix them in a bowl of Skittles and Swedish fish That correct You got to try it
6:55
It's so good. It's really good. We have that often in our dorm room, I feel
7:00
It's a combination of the crunchiness from the Skittle and the not too sweetness of the Swedish fish
7:05
That's it. That's a good one. That's his one. Okay. Okay. Let's see
7:11
I've got to open my foot again. Oh, okay. favorite Disney movie because we're both big Disney fans oh wait now I feel like I'm wrong
7:19
because I we said it's classic Disney but my eyes said yeah okay okay okay yeah your favorite
7:25
is definitely inside out and maybe now inside out too which one did you like better
7:32
I mean anxiety and inside out too the way it was depicted I saw rocked my world yeah
7:37
sobbed like a baby if you haven't seen it but Bing Bong oh Bing Bomb yeah take her to the moon for
7:43
We do quote the most insane things. That's true. Caroline quoted the parrot trap earlier and I have, yeah, we speak the same language
7:50
I love the parent trap. Okay. And then I might be wrong
7:55
I might be wrong. But there's something in my psyche, like my guttural response was the little mermaid. Ooh
8:01
When you were like little. Yeah, it was a toss up for me. The little mermaid I loved
8:06
Okay, okay. I really liked her blue dress that she wore in the carriage scene as a bow. Yes
8:13
That's a good one. And then I also really like to move on. Yeah, oh yes, I knew that. Moushu
8:18
Oh, Musho. Not just the Disney princess. All the sidekick characters that we love
8:22
I love me a sidekick. You do. She does the best. What do you do? Oh
8:28
Like I knew a sidekick and you're my sidekick. Yeah, absolutely. The best, what is the enchanted chipmote
8:34
That's one, Terlines. I keep calling you Terrellina. She probably stopped doing that
8:38
Caroline's resume as a special skill is the whole monologue. Now, I don't know if I could do it
8:42
I don't know if I could do it. Okay, ready? Yes. Okay, I would do that in our college dorm room, so there you go
Performing Arts
Acting & Theater
Vocals & Show Tunes
Broadway & Musical Theater